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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FINANCIAL LITERACY (Requires the council on elementary and secondary education, in consultation with the RI department of education, to develop and approve statewide academic standards for the instruction of consumer education in public high schools no later than 12/31/2021.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FINANCIAL LITERACY (Requires the council on elementary and secondary education, in consultation with the RI department of education, to develop and approve statewide academic standards for the instruction of consumer education in public high schools no later than 12/31/2021.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 349"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 349 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Families", "Cities & Towns", "Consumer Affairs", "Education", "Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Felag", "Gallo", "Goodwin", "McCaffrey", "Miller", "Paolino", "Pearson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-25"
last_action: "2021-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f757830-cdec-476f-8470-78801ea5f3d7"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "62effb0d200d2d6bf25a67bbdf8bace62e305d62e0e2c8b64abeb22730c05a56"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---
# Rhode Island SB 349 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FINANCIAL LITERACY (Requires the council on elementary and secondary education, in consultation with the RI department of education, to develop and approve statewide academic standards for the instruction of consumer education in public high schools no later than 12/31/2021.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **349** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0349.pdf)
## Votes
- IN CONCURRENCE — **720** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **350** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Cano — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Paolino — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-25** 02/25/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** 04/02/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/07/2021)
- **2021-04-07** 04/07/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** 04/08/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/13/2021)
- **2021-04-13** 04/13/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-04-14** 04/14/2021 Referred to House Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-14** 05/14/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2021)
- **2021-05-19** 05/19/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-21** 05/21/2021 Placed on House Calendar (05/25/2021)
- **2021-05-25** 05/25/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-05-25** 05/25/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-01** 06/01/2021 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f757830-cdec-476f-8470-78801ea5f3d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).